Shoulder strap for ladies&#39; underwear



' 14 June 192,7 0. SCHWEIGERT SHOULDER STRAP FOR LADIES UNDERWEAR Filed Dec. 26, 1924 Patented June 14, 1927.

UNITED STATES OTTO SGHWEIGERT, OF IPFORZHEIM, GERMANY.

SHOULDER STRAP FOR LADIES UNDERWEAR.

Application filed December 26, 1924, Serial No. 758,140, and in Germany August 6, 1924.

This invention relates to a garment-supporting shoulder-strap made of chain and provided at its opposite ends with means whereby it may be readily attached to the 6 fabric of the garment to be supported and it has for its object to improve the garmentsupporting-strap of this character so that f its operating length may be adjusted while the shoulder strap is attached to the garment and in use. A further object of the invention is the provision of means for attaching its opposite ends to the fabric of the garments, said means being of such kind that even the finest fabric is not damaged. With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing, Figs. 1 and 2 show the holder for ladies underwear in use.

Fig. 3 shows the holder on a larger scale than in Figs. 1 and 2. 55 Fig. 4 shows on a still larger scale the clamping device for the front holders.

The shoulder strap consists of a thin ornamental chain a which has at one end a holder b of convenient type designed to be 30 attached to the back of the underwear. On

the front end of the chain a clamping device c is adjustably mounted to which two short chains 01 are attachedp To the end of each short chain d a holder 2) for the underwear is attached. The clamping device 0 which is movably mounted on the chain a consists for instance of two sleeves e, f telescoped the one into the other and having each two opposite apertures g for the passage of the chain a. In the outer sleeve c a spiral spring h is fixed the free end of which presses on a partition of the sleeve Spring it pushes the sleeve 7 outwards so that the apertures g are shifted with regard to the apertures g of the outer sleeve e, the chain being thus securely clamped between said two sleeves. In order to adjust the clamping device 0 on the chain a a pressure is exerted upon the outer end of sleeve f so that the aperture g of the two sleeves comes into register, thespring it being com- I pressed.

I claim In a garment supporting shoulder strap consisting of an ornamental chain, a holder at the rear end of said chain and two holders at the front end of said chain, a clamping device to the two ends of which the two front holders are attached by short chains, said clamping device consisting of an outer transverse sleeve and of an inner transverse sleeve telescoped in said outer sleeve each sleeve being closed at the outer end and having two opposite apertures through which said ornamental chain passes, a vertical partition in the inner end of said inner sleeve, a-spiral spring in said outer sleeve between the closed end of the same and said partition of said inner sleeve to shift said inner sleeve to clamp said-ornamental chain.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

OTTO SCHWEIGERT. 

